OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-TUESDAY-23/02/2016-HOW
OLD ARE YOU? -BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
So teach us to number our days that we
may apply our hearts unto
Wisdom. Psalms 90:12
Read
Psalms 90:1-12
1 Lord, thou
hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or
ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to
everlasting, thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest,
Return, ye children of men.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as
yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they
are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up;
in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy
wrath are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our
secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath:
we spend our years as a tale that is told.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and
ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their
strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? Even
according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom.
KJV
MESSAGE
The theme of Psalm 90 focuses on making the
most of the short lifespan that we have as mortal human beings. The passage
speaks of death as ‘returning to dust’, and discusses the total lifespan of man
as being transitory, like an ordinary grass of the field. It also describes
what humans proudly refer to as ‘glorious years’ as ‘a short lifespan spent in
serious labour and great sorrow’. Therefore, Psalm 90 discusses the concept of
human life with such an unpleasant and derogatory language that it calls to
mind the need to find a way of making the best out of life. The situation is
made worse by the complimentary witness of other Bible passages such as
Ecclesiastes 1:2:
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,
vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
Job 14:1-2 that says:
“Man that is
born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a
flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
Furthermore, the experience of life tallies
with the Word of God in the most perfect sense, as revealed in the biblical
testimonies of people such as Moses, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Esther, Ruth,
David, Solomon, Elijah, John the Baptist, and the Apostles. The stories of the
life of these people of God are full of hard labour, uncertainty,
disappointment, betrayal, persecution, failure, and death. Though these people
were mostly prophets and anointed kings, yet their stories show that they ended
well only by divine intervention. Bible scholars generally identified Moses as
the author of Psalm 90. The counsel of this great prophet who succeeded in life
despite having his own fair share of troubles and tribulations should therefore
be taken seriously. Psalm 90:12 says:
“So teach us
to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
True wisdom comes from God alone and it is quite
different from worldly wisdom that is based on human cleverness, insight, and
intuition without God’s revelation which brings little profit. This passage
speaks of the ability to make the most of our time in this world, despite the
brevity of life. To do this requires a new understanding of the meaning of life.
To number our days is to value the time we have by using it for eternal
purposes. Focusing on eternity which then produces a heart of wisdom, enables a
child of God to live in line with the Word of God.
Godly wisdom is made available by digging
deep into the Word of God. It is received through total submission to the will
of God, imparted to Christians by God’s Holy Spirit, and graciously given in
responses to the fervent prayers of the saints of God. As you begin in response
to the fervent prayers of the saints of God. Ad you begin to dig deeper into
the Word of God in total submission to His will in prayers, He will pour down
His heavenly wisdom upon your life in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point
Father, please fill me with the wisdom to excel in life and ministry in
Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year
Luke 17:11-19:27, Job 27:13-28:6
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